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| Shea nuts are picked when they have fallen from the trees. Harvet time is between May and July. |
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| Ghanian women walk home after picking shea nuts for preparation. |
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| The nuts are boiled to make the shell soft enough to break apart and retrieve the nut which is used to make the "butter." The shell is used later for fuel. |
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| The global demand has increased for shea butter and foreign companies have established large plants to manufacture the butter that these women make as their ancestors have for the past centuries. |
Source: BBC News
